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- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsJack MercerWilliam PennellBonnie PoeIn her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsMae QuestelA miserly mill-keeper kidnaps two Dutch children, but their pet duck runs for help like Lassie.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsWilliam PennellGus WickeIn the middle of the jungle, many animals, including an elephant, go to school.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsBeatrice HagenGertrude LawrenceEthelreda LeopoldA destructive little boy with an air rifle shoots a baby bird and is mortified when the bird's parents, and all the other birds, go into mourning.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsSmiley BurnetteMae QuestelThe little old lady and her children live inside a giant shoe. At bedtime the kids still want to have a more fun so when the little old lady goes to bed the kids break out a guitar and piano for some swing music.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsPinto ColvigMargie HinesJack MercerHoneymooning couples of various animal species take a rocket ship excursion to the moon. Spectacular lunar scenery.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyThe courtship of two swans is interrupted by a third swan, who demonstrates his prowess at catching fish. The pen falls for him and leaves her mate, but when the interloper begins treating her cruelly and chases her around the pond, her old flame intercedes and chases the evil swan away.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelAn elderly couple recall their life while listening to music on the radio.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsMae QuestelGus WickeIn their dreams, two poor and hungry tots enter a fantasy kingdom where there are more sweets than they can eat. But when they wake...
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMargaret CarthewRuth CliffordBeatrice ColemanA stranger deposits an egg in a duck's nest; it hatches as a baby chicken. It doesn't fit in well with its three duckling nestmates, particularly when it comes to swimming. Momma tries to solve the swimming problem with a couple of leaves, but sends the chick home when that fails. The chick hits on using a half-eggshell as a boat, and manages to rejoin the group. Then trouble, in the form of a bird of prey, which tries to snatch a duckling, but loses a tailfeather to the chick. It chases the chick into an old mill, but gets its head stuck in a wheel. The chick is a hero, and teaches his siblings to crow like a rooster.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMae QuestelJack MercerA spider runs a hotel for flies where he keeps his guests captive. A pair of fly newlyweds arrive and check in. Fortunately, the husband is "flyweight champion". After a pitched battle featuring arrows (fountain pen nibs) and a machinegun (aspirins shot from a perfume atomizer), the spider winds up in a bottle of library paste.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJack MercerGus WickeMae QuestelGreedy Humpty Dumpty's wall of gold is not enough. He wants all the gold in the sun, too.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsElvia AllmanJames BroughtEllen DrewA funny and great short film about birds In hawaii
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJimmie CushmanGertrude LawrenceJames MillerA little boy jumps on a real train and learns a lesson about safety.
- DirectorDave FleischerSeymour KneitelStarsEverett ClarkJack MercerMae QuestelAt an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenJack MercerTwo bunnies getting married.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMae QuestelJack MercerA rooster sultan is bored by his harems. A duck strongly resembling 'Mae West' entices him. Her lover arrives, and they do battle; the lovers leave, and the sultan, humiliated, turns to his harem, who beat him up.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsDavid RossA symphony composer lion is determined to show the audience that cartoon characters can be more than just silly and childish by having cartoons play a symphony orchestra. Things quickly fall apart as the true nature of cartoons comes out anyways.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMae QuestelDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenCurious penguins investigate an abandoned cabin, heedless of their mother's warning that "curiosity killed the cat."
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsDorothy ComptonRosita DickersonDiane GibbyA rebellious fish refuses to listen to his teacher until he ventures out into the real world and discovers the importance of education.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJack MercerMae QuestelDorothy ComptonThe fox spots a little lamb and disguises himself with a beard and bushy eyebrows. He posts an announcement for a baby contest, and the animal mothers spruce up their little ones (a rabbit and a pig). Meanwhile, the fox builds his judging stand. Several contestants are rejected: a squirrel, three ducklings, a whole family of rabbits, before the winner, little lamby. The fox reveals himself and motorcycles off, chased by the parents. He barricades himself in a hollow tree, where he starts preparing dinner while a ram heads a battering ram, a beaver starts eating his way in, and two birds start sawing, but the fox foils them all. The battering ram crew makes their way in just in time, and the lamb is rescued while the fox is punished.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJack MercerMae QuestelBecause the onion boy smells and makes everyone's eyes water,!none of the other vegetable kids will play with him.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMae QuestelDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenDo you know what the kitty cat is up to when you're not looking? A neighborhood of housecats unhappily put outside in the cold for the night get up to plenty in this Fleischer "Color Classic" when they form a swinging chorus of feline yowlers, tormenting at least one canine in the process.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerA short film about a mother and her son, she teaches him life skills later on the son gets niked by a man so the young donkey can be his work slave and his mother saves him.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsMargie HinesJack MercerA cartoon look at the World's Fair in its glory. These fairs were monster events that highlighted new technology and electromechanical innovations. A classic look into the future from 50 years ago.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerMae QuestelA joyfully contented group of polar bears encounter danger when hunters arrive.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerHunky is teaching her son Spunky how to kick properly. She has him practice with a mattress propped against a tree. Spunky befriends a family of birds who are building a nest. Spunky copies their design and builds a nest of his own. Although he is a donkey, he tries to imitate the birds in flight and falls out of his nest. A vulture kidnaps the baby bird from the nest and Spunky follows them. Spunky uses his newfound kicking abilities to send the vulture packing and return the baby bird to its parents.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsMargie HinesJack MercerJunior wants to be a Big Fry, but learns the hard way that he just isn't ready for smoking in the pool room when he should be in the school room.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsJack MercerDisobedient donkey Spunky's pranks create havoc amongst the sheep, geese and chicks until he's publicly decried; a barnyard bully is not more appreciated than a schoolyard one. But when the livestock go a little overboard with retaliation, they invite the wrath of mommy mule. One of several Hunky and Spunky adventures in the Fleischers' "Color Classics" series.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsPinto ColvigMargie HinesJack MercerAfter a series of vegetable disappearances,a potato policeman goes out to catch the kidnappers.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsMargie HinesJack MercerA precocious toddler, wanting to return to his watermelon patch and a pair of animal friends in the country, tampers with the electronic gadgets in his new city home and creates chaos.
- DirectorDave FleischerShamus CulhaneStarsJack MercerSpunky is kidnapped and sold at an auction to a cruel Italian peddler. It's up to Hunky to save him.
- DirectorDave FleischerStan QuackenbushStarsPinto ColvigJack MercerA young horse says hi to little donkey Spunky. But the horse's mother pulls him away, saying we don't associate with that kind. Spunky makes a few more overtures, and eventually they set off on a chase, running across a bull from time to time. The horse stops to eat a lot of apples and drink far too much water; this leaves him too bloated to move much at all. The two continue to anger the bull, which gives chase; Spunky saves the colt, and they all live in harmony.
- DirectorDave FleischerMyron WaldmanStarsPinto ColvigJack MercerHunky and Spunky are settling in for a nap, but a horse fly sees them and sees dinner. After battling the fly for a while, the youngster enlists dad's help. But the fly is merely stunned, and rallies a new attack, this time with friends. Father eventually kills the lot of them.
- DirectorDave FleischerDave TendlarStarsJack MercerIt's time for lunch, and Spunky (the baby donkey) is expected to feed on healthy (and awful-tasting) Vitamin Hay. He resists, and wanders out of the barn to look for more interesting things to eat.